This has always bugged me...

[CajunCC]

Call it a pet peeve I guess, but anyway.

The swim bladder is an organ in a fish that allows the fish to "float" at any depth in the tank.

A swim bladder infection or problem is what makes fish lose control of their boyancy and float randomly through the water.

So often i see someone say that a fish has swim bladder. Well yeah, all fish do. It's when the thing stops working right that the fish has issues.

I'll put it another way. A little kid complains that his ear hurts. Mom takes him to the doctor. The doctor says "Yeah, your son has ear." :duh: It's "ear infection."

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[Needeles]

I agreee that in most cases it should be said correctly. Most times people do know what is meant though when someone says Swim Bladder. Usally it is brought up when there is a concern with how the fish is floating. I'm myself usally give an answer of "Swim Bladder Problems" and do not use the correct term. In the future I will try to say this correctly.

 

[Marinemom]

It's funny how some things just bother us but I know what you mean. My daughter has a name that if you shorten it and only say the first half it sounds like a boys name. I used to get so mad when people would do this until now that my daughter is older and actually perfers the shortened version of her name.

Marinemom